Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

The Kestrel might be our commonest bird of prey but you can never go out and plan to photograph one. This summer I spent some time watching a well-marked male

Its amazing what wildlife you can encounter whilst out walking the dog. Along our local canal last week I came across a pair of Goosanders. I had just about enough

This weeks blog photo is of a Waxwing on top of a Rowan tree, in a Lancashire village, in the Ribble Valley. I found it on the 18th November when

No visit to Islay is complete without time spent filming Chough. They are the rarest member of the Crow family and by far the most exciting to photograph, especially in

With an eight foot wingspan it is easy to see why the Sea Eagle is called the flying barn door. This winter on Islay adult and juvenile Sea-Eagles seem to

It is some years since I was able to follow a female Otter with her young but last week in the Sound of Islay I was treated to a good

We have just had the best ever Autumn week on Islay with days of sunshine and only one day of rain. It is difficult to know where to start but

When you have been involved with wildlife all your life you are ready for surprises and one such event occurred this week. A neighbour phoned up on the 24th to

A little later than usual but yesterday I watched my first Redwings of Autumn as they devoured the abundance of berries. This year there are masses of Rowan and Hawthorne

  Last week we had a photo of me within 600 miles of the North Pole and in complete contrast this week’s photo was taken yesterday, within 60 miles of